Former Employee of Major Engineering/Construction Firm Contracting with a DOT Grantee is Ordered to Pay $73,000 for Embezzlement

Office of Inspector General

Title:	Former Employee of Major Engineering/Construction Firm Contracting with a DOT Grantee is Ordered to Pay $73,000 for Embezzlement
Date:	April 07, 2006
Type:	Investigation
Summary:	On April 7, Cynthia Ransom, former office manager for the New Jersey office of Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. (PTG), was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Newark, NJ to pay $70,000 in restitutions and $3,000 in fines for embezzling Federal grant program monies. PTG holds contracts with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), a FHWA grantee. Ransom admitted that, from January 2000 through August 2003, she embezzled $70,000 by creating bogus petty cash receipts for photographic film and related supplies which supported invoices submitted to the NJ-DOT under PTG contracts for inspection of bridges and tunnels. PTG has reimbursed NJ-DOT for all embezzled funds. The investigation was conducted jointly with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.